Education is often viewed as school in a traditional, formal sense.

Many people believe that

true learning can only take place in a formal classroom setting. Others feel education occurs in many
different forms and environments. There may not be a definitive answer to the question of, 'What is
education?' However, we can start thinking about the purpose of education. Is it to educate youth to
be responsible citizens? Is it to develop individuals, as well as society, in order to ensure a society's
economic success? Or is it to simply focus on developing individual talents and intelligence? Perhaps
it is the balance of all three that defines education? While our answers may differ, we can perhaps
agree that education is a basic human right. When that right is granted growth and development,
the society as a whole is more likely to improve in areas such as health, nutrition, general income
and living standards and population fertility rates.

As global citizens it is our responsibility to critically think about the issues and attempt to come up
with solutions to the problems plaguing education. In 1990 UNESCO launched EFA, the movement to
provide quality education for all children, youth, and adults by the year 2015. The unfortunate
reality is that for many countries, larger issues some before improving the quality of education. How
can we achieve the goals of EFA when numerous countries around the world are faced with
challenges that seem far too impossible to overcome? The answer lies in attempting to bridge some
of the gaps that prevent developing nations to compete with developed nations. One example is
that of providing greater access to technology and narrowing the ever widening digital divide. In
many ways the most basic access to technology can serve as a valuable educational tool. Individuals
who are not afforded this access are at a disadvantage when trying to grasp opportunities to make
life better for themselves, their families, and their community.
(SNMPTN 2009)

1. The author's main concern in the first paragraph of the passage is that.........
a. A. there is no exact definition about education.
b. B. education is a fundamental individual's right.
c. C. everyone has the right to get quality education.
d. D. education occurs in any place not just schools.
e. E. development can be gained through education.
2. If the author is right concerning the role of education, the following might be predicted to
take place, EXCEPT.........
a. longer life expectation
b. lesser birth rates
c. improved welfare
d. better quality living
e. more job opportunities
3. The following sentences reflect the author's opinions in the passage, EXCEPT .......
a. everyone has the right to get education.
b. education cannot be easily defined.
c. EFA provides quality education by 2015.
d. education is basic to human development.

e. The EFA goals are faced with serious challenges.

4. The situation the author shows in the passage is best described as a follows ........
a. quality education fundamentally ensures quality living in all sectors.
b. education is essentially everyone's right yet it still has its challenges.
c. there are problems in education in spite of its significant role.
d. as long as nations compete, education cannot progress.
e. absence of an exact definition causes problems in education.
5. The part following the passage above would likely discuss .........
a. lack of access to technology in developing countries to support educational
practices.
b. needs of modem digital technology to back up the implementation of EFA in
education.
c. roles of technology in providing individuals with cheap and accessible quality
education.
d. inability of developing nations to compete with developed countries in technology.
e. government's roles and responsibilities in managing education for their citizens.
Measles, a childhood disease, has caused sufferings to mankind for thousands of years.
However, the search for an effective measles vaccine, lasted two hundred years and has finally
ended in success. Now, for the first time, easels is a preventable disease. You may ask, 'How is this
important to children? Every year measles kills twice as many Americans as polio now does. More
children die from measles than from any other common childhood disease. Also complications of
some degree occur in about one child out of six. Most complications include pneumonia and ear
disorders. Another after effect of measles - brain damage is less common, but it can have such
serious consequences that it deserves special attention.
Brain damage due to easels sounds like something far away from our experience. In reality, it
is no. Like any other injury, damage to the brain can be very slight or very severe. It is quite possible
that we have never seen or heard a child who has severe brain damage - the child would either have
died or would be in an institution. However, in medical research a relation has been found between
measles and such things as behavior problems, personality changes and dulling of mental ability. For
example, a child may be bad-tempered or a little slow to learn after he has recovered from measles.
6. The main information of the text is that....
a. measles has been a disease for thousands of years
b. after 200 years of research an effective measles vaccine was found
c. measles is a serious disease greatly neglected in the past
d. a lot of research was done on the complications of measles
e. measles may have bad effects on children who get the disease
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about measles?
a. The number of children in the USA killed by measles is smaller than that killed by
polio
b. Medical research revealed that measles may cause brain damage
c. In the USA children with brain damage have all been measles patients,
d. Research findings show that pneumonia and ear disorders may cause measles
e. Children who get measles will have pneumonia and ear disorders at the sometime

8. One of the important findings of the research on measles is that....

a. children who have got measles may become difficult to handle because of their
behaviour
b. in reality, there are no measles patients who get brain damage
c. personality changes already occur at the time a child has measles
d. measles can cause children to become physically handicapped
e. measles is the first killer of childhood diseases in the world
9. "Which of the following in NOT an after-effect of measles?
a. Polio
b. Ear disorders
c. Personality changes
d. Slow learning
e. Pneumonia
10. 'or would be in an institution' (paragraph 3).
The underlined word means
a. an orphanage
b. a rehabilitation centre
c. a hospital
d. a company
e. a public school